A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.